>>6035552>>6035651>>6035671>>6035827>>6036614>Drilling weapons teams with Coen La’afette in [DEW.D].Your mind races ahead of your footsteps as you make your way to the elevator and ride it down to the ship’s lower decks.
<span class="mu-i">So there’s something… functionally similar to blood inside the voidcore’s restricted area? And it’s manufactured into the nanites we use throughout the ship?</span>
You’re not sure how it might help your current investigations but perhaps it’s just a piece in a larger puzzle.
The elevator car door opens, spilling you and a few other shipmen into a busy transport hub. With the changing of the watch imminent, the bustle of last minute gamma crew rushing to their stations mingles with the already relieved beta watch to produce quite a crowd. Usually you’re better at timing your arrival to your assigned post, but today has proving quite the exception to the norm.
You push your way through the crowd and arrive at [Directed Energy Weapon Bank D] just in time. Your Tactical officer meets you at the hatch to the Fire Control centre wearing a mildly reproachful look (though that differs very little from the Laedra man’s usual resting face). From the looks of the already studiously working weapon technicians, it appears he’s been here for some time already.
“Lieutenant Commander Annon, I trust you’ve satiated your curiosity and are ready for today’s assignments?” Lieutenant Coen La’afette asks, formal as ever.
“Ah, it was definitely enlightening, yes...” You reply, hesitantly. “Perhaps I could bring you up to speed later?”
“If you’ve found some evidence of your former claims, I would hear them when we are not on duty.” He nods stiffly, hardly thawing from his previous opinion of your story. “For now we have point defence and close quarters DEW drills to supervise and some calibrations to perform. I already have the technicians running preliminary simulations.” He gestures to the techs at the consoles behind him, a mix of races though favouring the Laedra and Tyllano with the minds for the calculations required of the task.
You suppress a sigh, knowing that cracking Coen’s cold facade is a difficult task at the best of times, but resolve to do your best to get through to him. You carefully consider the best course of action and decide to:
>Show him that the skills you learned with Peedee’s help are real by taking control of the weapons yourself. She is real and beating Coen at his own game will prove it. <span class="mu-b">[Tactical] test.</span>>Attempt to calibrate the DEW banks in a novel way based on what you learned from your dream-like simulation. Show him that sometimes the most optimal dispersal patterns aren’t always the best. <span class="mu-b">[Engineering] test.</span>>Coach your technicians to outperform Coen’s in the drills. Prove that your mind is still sound, despite the AI’s interference. <span class="mu-b">[Leadership] test.</span>>Something else? Write in how else you might raise your synergy with Coen through the course of your duties.